Ad van Knippenberg

Institution

Radboud University Nijmegen

Current Position

Professor of Social Psychology

Highest Degree

Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Leiden, 1978

I graduated in social psychology at the University of Leiden in 1972, and received my PhD at the same university in 1978 on a doctoral dissertation on "Perception and evaluation of intergroup differences" (supervisors Henri Tajfel and John van de Geer). Subsequently, I worked as assistant and associate professor at the University of Groningen till 1989. In 1989 I was appointed professor of social psychology at the University of Nijmegen.

In the past twenty years or so, I have developed an interest in social cognition. Among others, I am interested in topics like social categorization, stereotyping, person perception and memory, emotions, and issues concerning embodied cognition.

Primary Interests:

Attitudes and Beliefs

Causal Attribution

Emotion, Mood, Affect

Intergroup Relations

Motivation, Goal Setting

Person Perception

Prejudice and Stereotyping

Self and Identity

Social Cognition

Journal Articles:

Dechesne, M., Janssen, J., & van Knippenberg, A. (2000). Derogating and distancing as terror management strategies: The role of need for closure and permeability of group boundaries. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 923-932.